title: Nutritional profile of children under 5 years of age in a tribal community in the district of maldah, west bengal.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the nutritional status of under-5 tribal children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Community-based cross-sectional observational study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three tribal villages of the Chanchal II block of the Maldah district in West Bengal.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 3 tribal villages, 188 children under 5 years of age were examined to detect nutritional deficiency disorders. By anthropometric measurement, nutritional grading of them was determined. Interviews of mothers provided breast-feeding and weaning practices.
  
  
  RESULTS
  63.83% of study subjects were suffering from different grades of malnutrition. Prevalence of anaemia and angular stomatitis was 45.74% and 19.12%, respectively, among them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Krishnadas
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.forename: Tapas Kumar
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Sarkar
keywords: grades of malnutrition; nutritional deficiency disorders; tribal under-5 children